Rain, floods cause emergencies in northern Italy

Four Italian journalists have been abducted in northern Syria, the Italian foreign ministry said, the ANSA news agency reported late Friday.

73 kilos of marijuana, hashish, cocaine worth 2 million euros (ANSA) - Naples, May 17 - Italian police on Friday seized 73 kilograms of marijuana, hashish and cocaine that was hidden among flowers in a truck from Holland en route to Naples. The ...

Also seeking outside consultation, IOR president says (ANSA) - Rome, May 14 - The Vatican Bank will start publishing its balance sheets online by the end of the year, its president said Tuesday. In his first full staff meeting since assuming the ...

Italian fashion designer Ottavio Missoni has died in Milan, his family said. He was 92. Italy's ANSA news agency confirmed his Thursday death, but did not report the exact cause of it. The one-time Olympic runner founded the Missoni fashion house in ...

New frontiers for central mediterranean refinery (by Maria Grazia Marilotti) (ANSA) - Cagliari, May 7 - Italian energy group Saras is one of Europe's leading independent operators in the oil refining sector. Its history begins with an intuition.

Brought Arafat to Italy, highlighted plight of refugees (ANSA) - Ramallah, May 6 - The late Giulio Andreotti was a longtime friend of the Palestinians and a consummate diplomat who brokered crucial, previously unthinkable meetings, a top adviser to ...

Possible collusion in manslaughter of 32 people, sources say (ANSA) - Grosseto, May 17 - Five board members of Costa Crociere have been placed under investigation as part of a new probe related to the January 2012 cruise ship accident that led to ...

'Honeymoon suite' would go for up to 5,000 euros (ANSA) - Verona, May 15 - Romance in the city of star-crossed lovers Romeo and Juliette may soon get a bit more expensive. The City of Verona is considering charging visitors two euros each to enter ...

'He thought I was 23, 24' (see related) (ANSA) - Milan, May 17 - The former nightclub dancer known as Ruby testified Friday that she never had sex with Silvio Berlusconi, and that the ex-premier was under the impression she was in her twenties and ...